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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trouble with Thinking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about Alma Mereminski's name?
(a) All of the other names in the book are Polish.
(b) It is mentioned over one hundred times.
(c) It is the only name in the book.
(d) All of the other names in the book are Spanish.

2. He watched over his friend the entire night, and how was his friend in the morning?
(a) Better.
(b) Worse.
(c) The same.
(d) Completely better.

3. Zvi was a journalist writing what?
(a) Obituaries.
(b) Word searches.
(c) The sports section.
(d) Travel articles.

4. What happens to the original manuscript?
(a) It is lost when their home is flooded.
(b) It is thrown away.
(c) It is left in Poland.
(d) It is sent to Leo.

5. How many copies are printed?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 2,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rosa help Zvi?

2. On how many dates has Charlotte gone on since David's death? T

3. How old was Alma when David was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer?

4. When Alma writes the letter to Jacob Marcus pretending to be Charlotte, who does she tell?

5. When do the Nazis invade the boy's hometown of Slonim?

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